IRS Wednesday Golf
League Newsletter
Week
17 – August 16, 2023
It happened
again this week. Team Vaughn pulled out
another win, this time vs the Vacant team.
From everything I have been hearing from some of the longer playing league
members, this is a record for the league.
With one more week of regular season (position round), here’s hoping
they can keep their streak going.
DIVISION
STANDINGS/SEEDING (and Some Thoughts for the Weak):
A
Division has Team Crouch
(#4 Seed) taking the lead. Team Kientz
drops to 2nd (39.5 points out of lead). Team
Zachritz (Forked) in 3rd place (63.5 points from the lead). Team Broadus (Forked) in 4th place (too far
out).
Position Round
can decide the Division winner here as Team Kientz would have to score 65+
points vs Team Crouch. No Wild Card from
this Division.
B
Division has Team Flynn (#2
Seed) holding their lead. Team Harms (#5
Seed) in 2nd place (62 points off the lead). Team Buescher (#6 Seed) in 3rd
place (66 points off the lead). Team
Halpin (Forked) in 4th.
Position Round
here could be tricky as Team Harms would have to score 77 points to take the
lead from Team Flynn. For Team Buescher
to keep a Wild Card spot depends on the results of Team Crouch and Team Kientz
in A Division unless they score big vs Team Halpin.
C
Division has Team Bachmann
(#3 Seed) in the lead. Team Bramlage (Forked)
in 2nd (83.5 points from the lead, 82.5 points away from a Wild Card spot). Team Kiffmeyer (Forked) in 3rd and Team Bill
Anderson (Forked) in 4th (both too far out).
Position Round
here Team Bramlage would have to score 87 points vs Team Bachmann (????). For a wild card spot Team Bramlage would have
to score big and Team Buescher very low score.
D
Division still has the unbeatable Team Vaughn (#1 Seed) locked in for League
lead, the Division lead, and top Seed. Team
Brian Anderson (Forked) in 2nd and Team Snowden (Forked) in 3rd
place (way, way far out) with no playoff hopes.
Position round
here puts Team Vaughn vs Team Brian Anderson, who will prevail?
Seeding
summary:
#1 Seed – Team Vaughn
#2 Seed – Team Flynn
#3 Seed – Team Bachmann
#4 Seed – Team Crouch
#5 Seed – Team Harms
Wild
Card Playoffs (scheduled for August 25th)
Tee
times for August 25th Wild Card Teams: #3 Seed vs #6 Seed and #4 Seed
vs #5 Seed are at 11:12 a.m., 11:21 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 11:39 a.m., front
nine. Individual members need to pay for
this at the course. Reminder on our
league rules on subs during the playoffs:
Play-Off teams may have one sub that
has completed at least 3 rounds on the front and back nine during the current
season.
Semi-Finals/Finals:
(August 30th)
Tee
times for Semi-Finals are front nine at 12:06 p.m., 12:15 p.m., 12:24 p.m., and
12:33 p.m. with Finals on back nine at 3:06 p.m. & 3:15 p.m. Semi-final tee times are paid by the league,
teams continuing into the Finals and teams moving on to the Scramble need to
pay for the extra nine holes. Reminder
on our league rules on subs during the playoffs: Play-Off
teams may have one sub that has completed at least 3 rounds on the front and
back nine during the current season.
League
Scramble: (August 30th)
Tee
times for Scramble start at 2:39 p.m. every 9 minutes through 4:36 p.m. (14 tee
times). Scramble format will be team
event, procedures will be out to the team captains this coming week. Teams not in the semi-finals tee times are
paid by the league.
Team Flight Scramble Format:
Scramble players will play with their IRS
league team (subs with an average are eligible). There will be 3 flights with first and second
place awarded in each flight. Monetary
awards of $20 per man for first place and $10 per man for second place. If a
team only has three players, they will not be awarded the missing player
winnings.
Flight 1 will have 5 teams, Flight 2 and Flight
3 will have 4 teams. Flights will be
developed on total team averages (adding all players averages on the front 9 together).
Flight 1 will have the top 5 teams based
on total averages. Flight 2 will have
the next 4 teams based on total averages. Flight 3 will have the last 4 teams based on
total averages.
The flights will be determined after all the
team scramble members have been set.
This may happen on the night of the scramble at the course since subs
may change the rankings of the teams. If
a team has less than 4 players, the average of the three remaining players averages
will be used to determine the missing player average. The team with the missing player will rotate
the 4th shot.
The scramble format will be to play the Best Ball
from each location tee through the green.
The Skins, Greenie, and Long Putt contests
will be $20 per team for all teams who wish to participate. No exception to this amount. The Skins, Greenie, and Long Putt winners will
be determined on all the teams participating and not on a flight basis. If no skins are awarded the skin money will
be added to the Greenie and Long Putt pot on a basis of two-thirds two Greenie
and one-third to Long Putt.
END
OF YEAR OUTING (Committee: Jim Bramlage, Lee Crouch, Chuck Reckers):
The
IRS Wednesday Golf League Outing at A.J. Jolly Golf Course, Friday, September 8.
Shotgun
start at 9 a.m. (registration 8 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.).
Play
your own ball and separate flights for men & women.
Cost
for the Outing is $80.00.
Cost
includes golf, cart, 2 Beers, 2 hot dogs/brats, soft drinks, water, and goodie
bag. Also included are flight winners,
long drive for seniors, men, & women, and ball within circle on #10.
Contests: Skins (entry fee - $5.00); Closest to pin on
all par 3’s (entry fee - $3.00); Long Putt on #9 and #18 (entry fee - $2.00).
Please
make one payment to include all that you will be participating in. Checks should be payable to ‘IRS Golf League’
and will not be deposited until after the Outing (Sept. 9). Team Pouches
will be in the briefcase at the clubhouse.
Payment requested by August 30.
Please
e-mail Charles Halpin (halpinc@aol.com)
to let him know if you are playing or not and if you are interested in dinner.
Also, if you know of any other friends, neighbors,
or guests that are interested in playing, please include their name and contact
information. Prearranged foursomes would
be great but singles we can fit in with a group. If you have any questions, please contact, Charles Halpin, at my e-mail address, or
cell/text number 859-512-1822.
Status
of the Almighty Fork:
Forked Week 6 - Defending
League Champs, Team Zachritz (well overdone – no chance
Mr. Bill).
Forked Week 12 –
Team Bill Anderson (on top of the upside down points leader board).
Forked Week 13 –
Team Snowden and Team Halpin (oh no not me).
Forked Week 14 –
Team Bramlage, Team Kiffmeyer, and Team Brian Anderson.
Forked Week 16 –
Team Broadus.
Sandbagger
of the Weak (5 or more over average) (see Article IV of the League Rules):
Jack
Diesel – 10.0 over (2 weeks in a row)
Dave
Gindele – 8.4 over
Dale Schaber
– 6.8 over
Pat
Harms – 6.8 over
Brian
Taylor – 6.0 over
Rafael
Gonzalez – 5.4 over
Terry
Boland – 5.0 over
Sandbaggers of the Weak (5 or
more under average):
Eddie
Gregory – 6.4 under
Ed
Miller – 6.2 under (2 weeks in a row)
Tom
Marsh – 5.6 under
Tom Nonno
– 5.5 under (last week over previous week under)
Steve
Duddey – 5.4 under
Bruce
Hemmelgard – 5.0 under
This
past week we had 8 subs playing:
Restricted
sub: Dave Martin (Team Flynn) and Tom Berns
(Team Vaughn).
Subs:
Bruce Hemmelgard (Team Buescher), Terry
Boland (Team Bachmann), Don Bazsika (Team Bachmann), Don Tobler (Team Brian
Anderson), Frank Leirey (Team Brian Anderson), and Brian Kelly (Team Snowden). Thanks for being there.
Team Vaughn played
versus the Vacant Team 12 this week. They
pulled Team 16 out of the hat and won their match. For August 23rd, Position Round,
Team Snowden plays versus the vacant team.
Since this is position round, Team Snowden will score against 2nd
place Team 4.
Summary
of Rounds Played – August 16, 2023
|
THIS
WEEK |
TO
DATE |
|
|
REGULARS |
52 |
858 |
|
SUBS |
8 |
158 |
|
NO SHOWS |
0 |
4 |
|
TOTALS |
60 |
1020 |
Match Results
|
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
|||||||
|
CROUCH |
68 |
ZACHRITZ |
64 |
BUESCHER |
59.5 |
HALPIN |
26 |
|||||||
|
KIENTZ |
22 |
BROADUS |
26 |
FLYNN |
30.5 |
HARMS |
64 |
|||||||
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM
NAME |
POINTS |
|||||||
|
BRAMLAGE |
75 |
BACHMANN |
66.5 |
VAUGHN |
66.5 |
BRIAN
ANDERSON |
73 |
|||||||
|
KIFFMEYER |
15 |
BILL
ANDERSON |
23.5 |
VACANT |
23.5 |
SNOWDEN |
17 |
|||||||
Medalist
|
COURSE |
NAME |
SCORE |
|
FRONT NINE |
LEE
CROUCH |
37 |
|
BACK NINE |
KEVIN
BACHMANN |
36 |
Eagle/Hole in One
|
NONE |
Eagle/Hole in One
Pool
$2.00
was added to the pool this week. The pool
now has $78.00 in it. Must be in Skins to
win it.
Birdies
|
#1 |
Bruce Hemmelgard |
Not in Skins |
|
#2 |
Lee Crouch |
Not in Skins |
|
#4 |
Dennis Breen & Lee Crouch |
Not in Skins |
|
#8 |
Erich Kientz |
Not in Skins |
|
#9 |
Dave Matchan |
Not in Skins |
|
#13 |
Joe Bramlage & Jeff Elsbernd |
Both in Skins |
|
#16 |
Jim Bramlage |
Skin -- $54.00 |
|
#16 |
Ed Miller |
Not in Skins |
|
#18 |
Joe Bramlage, Tom Berns, Eddie Gregory |
All in Skins |
|
#18 |
Don Bazsika |
Not in Skins |
Note:
To all Team Captains or those regulars that complete the "Recap Sheet"
after the match is completed, please ensure that all birdies are recorded on the
"Recap Sheet".
Other Skins
|
#1 |
Bill Zachritz |
Skin -- $8.00 |
Par |
|
#2 |
Jay Broadus |
Skin -- $8.00 |
Par |
|
#6 |
Tim Andrew |
Skin -- $8.00 |
Par |
Greenies
|
#5
|
Charlie Halpin |
$6.00 |
|
#7 |
Dale Goodwin |
$6.00 |
|
#13 |
Joe Bramlage |
$8.00 |
Closest to Pin 2nd
Shot
|
#14 |
Steve Duddey |
$8.00 |
Long Putt
|
#9 |
Tim Andrew |
$13.00 |
|
#18
|
Tom Berns |
$20.00 |
Money Leaders -- Top
10 & Ties
|
Vaughn, Ray (f) |
$
234.00 |
|
Bramlage, Jim (f) |
$
173.00 |
|
Taylor, Brian |
$
149.00 |
|
Ackerman, Jay (f) |
$
110.00 |
|
Broadus, Jay (f) |
$
109.00 |
|
Kerns, Chris |
$
105.00 |
|
Bachmann, Kevin (b) |
$
94.00 |
|
Duddey, Steve (f) |
$
91.00 |
|
Goodwin, Dale (f) |
$
83.00 |
|
Zachritz, Bill |
$
83.00 |
Skins—Greenies—Long
Putt
See the Team Average sheet for who is in what games. Subs playing for someone in the games: payouts
will have the regular and sub name on envelopes. For winners, please collect your payouts either
prior to or after the match each week (in briefcase). 1st teams out take out the markers,
last teams in bring in the markers.
Notes are courtesy of:
League Secretary Charles Halpin
Just for you Mr. Bill Z. -
No comments this week.
Decided to not mention Bill Zachritz
name as long as he keeps buying the beer.